March of the Aspen: poems and essays

Abstract

March of the Aspen is a mixed collection of poetry and memoir that delves into the meaning of belonging to a place and the responsibility in having that place belong to you. Split between Red Lodge, Montana where I work as a Wilderness ranger for the Forest Service and the Idaho-Wyoming border where I grew up, March of the Aspen juxtaposes my connections to these lands with homesteaders, tourists, family, and those whose spaces we must share – the birds and bears and aspen’s steady spread into the meadow. In a world inundated with ever more alarming statistics about changing climates I write to the local side of change: that which is only noticeable when intimate with the land